My significant others father passed out just now while I was home with just him and his wife. He passed out from coughing excessively last year. currently he has bronchitis but he was not coughing and just passed out but he did not have a coughing fit he just lost consciousness for an unknown reason we heard his vaporizer sound weird and checked and he was unconscious. He's saying he is fine now. Should I try to get him to go to the ER?

I’m a male and have these dry, flaky spots on my hips. What can they be?

Hello! Immediate just-in-case light TW for stories and descriptions of injuries :) TL:DR mine and my dad's wounds heal faster than average people do and I'm wondering what causes this biologically

A few years ago my father ( who is 52 now ) was cutting wood using a machine, and accidentally slipped his thumb into it. To explain exactly how it cut his finger – draw a diagonal over the base of a thumb nail dividing it in half and cut the entire finger there. It left his bone poking out even, it was pretty clear to us he'll have to continue living without a part of his thumb. My dad, the way he is, took a photo ( sadly, lost the photo with time so I can't attach it here ), cleaned it up, wrapped his thumb with a bandage and went to the doctor only 3 days after. The doctors were pretty shocked, saying newly grown meat has completely covered the bone. Etc.etc. long story short, his thumb completely regrew over the span of next few months , only a tiny bit shorter but without any scars and it just looks like a normal thumb, it's not abnormally short.

Me ( 19, stupid ), I'm a pretty messy person, and I tend to get cut on paper, glass, anything, very often. I never paid attention to it, but recently I began looking at my cuts more properly. Every time I slightly cut myself enough that it cuts through the skin and makes me bleed, the top layer of skin is completely regenerated within an hour or even less. I have also noticed that when I got my ears pierced, it healed within 4-5 days, and my eyebrow piercing healed in two days, leaving only some slight bruising but the puncture and the inside was completely properly healed.

Now I might be tripping and this could be super normal, I mean me and my family never thought anything of it, but my friends have been telling me it's super cool and also really weird and unusual. My main question is simply: What causes this process to be so much faster for some members of my family than usual?

Using basic biology knowledge I have I thought it could just be some genetic factors, but that's about as deep as my knowledge goes lol. Also specifically in my father's regrown finger case I thought of perhaps increased activity of stem cells, but I really don't know :') I'd greatly appreciate any kind of input, discussion or answer to this as I'm just suuuuper curious! ( since I will also be pursuing a degree in some biology related field hopefully, feel free to explain it well )

Posting for a friend. Scheduled an appointment with the doctor, but just wanted to know if he should be worried. Uncomfortable to walk but not in pain.

TLDR: Originally diagnosed with gastroenteritis. Treatment was a cup of water. Went back to ER a week later, new ER doc was visibly displeased when told how my gastroenteritis was treated, proceeded to give me more treatment for gastritis than I was given the week before when I was in the worse shape. I want to know the proper treatment for gastroenteritis because I don't think a cup of water is how it's supposed to be treated.

I was diagnosed with gastroenteritis in October, I was given no antibiotics, painkillers, or fluids, was given a cup of water, and released with a Lomotil prescription and like 2 Zofran pills. I want to know why when I returned to the ER a week later for almost the same issue (diagnosed with gastritis this time) why my ER doc (different from the first original visit) got visibly displeased when I told him exactly what my treatment was, here's all the information, this is going to be as detailed as possible so it's a read. (Thank you all healthcare workers for everything you do!)

22F, originally from Massachusetts and moved to California last year. I noticed an internal change immediately when I moved, my bowel movements went from solid regular movements, to more mushy. I paid no attention to it because I had JUST made one of the biggest changes in my life (at this point in my life) The only thing that changed in my diet was due to my access to an ice/water machine, I stopped drinking from bottled water and cut out fast food for the most part.

A full year since moving, so October, I get sick. I pay no mind to it because my fiance works in retail and frequently brings home colds. However this was different from a cold, I had a low fever and I was constantly throwing up with diarrhea. I counted the amount of times I threw up from the day I started throwing up to when I finally went to the ER. I threw up 11 times in 3 days and had diarrhea all day throughout those 3 days. I was unable to eat or drink those 3 days, anything I ingested WOULD come out on way or another. Another thing that was a MAJOR red flag was the amount of stomach pain I had. If I had to rate it using the pain scale seen in ERs, I'd say I was at a solid 7-8 during the day and a 9 when trying to sleep.

I finally call my parents (because the way I was raised, we would never go to the doctors unless my parents thought it was bad, and if they thought it was bad, it meant it was bad) to ask if they would take me to the doctor if I was at home and going through this and they said yes. I was hesitant due to my lack of insurance (I qualified for temp insurance thankfully) but I went. When asked for a urine sample it was brown, essentially. I was severely dehydrated and I wasn't surprised, I had been unable to keep fluids down for 3 days.

I patiently waited in the ER for about 7-8 hours (total), they gave me Zofran when they took me back (So close to me admitting myself) and it helped me immediately. I saw my doctor and he did nothing to me. No tests, nothing. Asked what was wrong with me, what I was going through, and then left because they were still waiting on my urine sample to finish being tested. When he finally did come back I was told essentially: "Yeah, the port strikes effecting the east coast makes it so we have no saline to spare you so we can't give you IV fluids. We're gonna give you some water and if you can keep it down you can leave." I asked for clarification that they were saving IV fluids for higher priority patients and I was told yes. Okay, my doctor says I should technically be fine, so I drink the water and they let me leave.

A week later I return. I'm in agony again and the vomiting and diarrhea have started again. Go through the process all over again, blah blah blah, lets skip to when I get my new doc. New doc arrives and I give him the rundown. Was asked the diagnosis and I told him gastro. He asked how I was treated and when I told him the excuse (which I'm not disputing!) I was given and that I was told to drink water, he had a visible head jerk backwards and said "Oh." I'm good at reading people and the way this man responded, it was clear he wasn't too happy.

He sets me up with IV fluids, as well as a wonderful cocktail of tramadol, lomotil, and zofran. I get taken to do a CT scan so they can check my stomach. It took a while, but I finally got out of the ER and back home at about 1am. I had spent another almost 12 hours in the ER but this time I had gotten the help I felt I needed. I was sent home with scripts for all the medications that were put into the IV as well as sucrulfate and omeprazole because he had the hunch I MAY have stomach ulcers (I wouldn't be surprised if they were stress induced. Can somebody also explain how those would works for ulcers? I didn't quite understand!) so I was also sent home with the recommendation of once I get health insurance to go and talk to a GI specialist to get scoped.

I want to know why my second doctor treated me the way he did but my first one didn't. What was so different about the second visit that I got prescribed a goddamn opiate for my pain which was considerably less than the first time, but the first visit I kinda just got brushed off. I understand how hard everybody in the healthcare field works, and I appreciate every one of you, I understand that sometimes it's just tough noogies, but I just want to understand better why I was treated so differently the second time when I was in considerably worse shape (especially given how dehydrated I was) the first time I went.

Since yesterday I've had an itchy throat but that's it. No fevers, my nose is fine, I have a super infrequent cough (literally like 1-3 coughs a day) and previously I had random times where I'd just start sneezing. No one in my household is sick, nor have I been in contact with anyone that is sick (as far as I know). Could i be getting sick? I have a wedding to go to on Saturday amd then someone is visiting me next week and I'm not trying to miss all that because of a cold or god forbid the flu or something.

Was working on the line in the restaurant I work at and got a major steam burn on my tattoo, I immediately put burn cream on it and washed it when I got home I’ve now been washing it and putting Neosporin on it following by a pad and bandaging it, Will it heal fine? Does it look fine? Will it ruin my tattoo?

So I was on a hiking trail for a while biking when I hit a steep incline, went pretty fast, crashed into the dirt pretty hard and hit my gut. Nothing seems broken but my knee and left ankle hurts a lot.

It's moving throughout my body Like it's one place and then it disappears and apprers somewhere else

I have no known allergies

It's like red around and sorta white inside if you can see

For the past few days I’ve had a burning sensation in my fingertips that has come and gone, the burn isn’t so extreme that it’s painful but it’s enough to where it can’t be ignored.

It appeared shortly after I handled some fresh chili peppers where I was cutting up getting seeds and juices over my hands, at that point I played it off as just irritation from the chili’s but it persisted into the next day. On Christmas the burning disappeared completely but now today it came back but now only in my index and thumb, the burning is also now more intense borderlining on being actually painful.

Could anyone shed some light on this? Is it irritation or could it be something a little more serious that I should get checked out?

I am a 22F for the last 4 days I’ve had constant headache and a mild stiff neck and upper back pain. I have no fever or other symptoms but I’m baffled as to what it may be.

5 days ago I went back home for Christmas and slept in my old bed which is very uncomfortable so that maybe contributing to the stiff neck and upper back pain. I also stupidly forgot to take my sertraline tablets for 3 days before I went back home so I think I was also having withdrawals.

I went back to my own house last night and slept in my own bed and my symptoms are still present. I can move my neck perfect but it just feels a small bit achey.

I also suffer from bulging discs in my back and sciatica.

Because it’s the holidays and no doctor office is open I’ve turned to here, could I have meningitis ?

I'll be willing to give more information, but not sure what information is good to provide. Long story short? There was one person who did major bone reconstruction in Oklahom, he left. I have an email from a surgeon here giving me the names of out of state doctors, but there's no actual referral made. Either way all 3 doctors are a 10 hour round trip drive. So. How do you go about finding a specialist when all the specialist you've spoken to say my case is not something they can handle?

Migraine aura or focal seizure?

It's happened like 3 times today: I zone out, like I'm getting REALLY dizzy, my stomach, chest and head start feeling funny,, and then I start remembering bits of dreams I've had today or things I've seen on my phone but I can't quite put my finger on what they are, wondering if they actually happened, like a fuzzy memory, kind of like I'm in a Trance or fugue state for like 10-15 seconds and then it fizzles out and I'm back to normal, unable to remember what u was thinking about when I was in that state. Also, vertigo

I also feel like I'm seeing things more desaturated than normal?

The nausea feels like I'm riding a rollercoaster, and the more I think, the worse it gets

I also have blurrier vision than usual, and it hurts my head when I focus my eyes.

I'm also kinda shaky and overall weak after the episodes, taking a few (~5) seconds to recover

I also have an overall feeling of nostalgia or similar, can't quite describe it. This isn't with the episodes, although they do amplify it, but like persistent. That started after 2 of the 3 I've had.

You know the fuzzy sensation you have when you wake up from a nap during the day? That's kind of exactly what I have, but I slept from 2 am to 12:30 pm

The things that make most sense would be migraine aura and maybe focal seizure? It happened right as I got out of bed, then again when I was standing up playing with my cat, and then again when I was watching a YouTube video and I paused for a second. In case it is a focal seizure, is it common, or worrying, or normal?

i've [22/F] been sick for the past 2 weeks. It started with a sore throat that fortunately resolved after 3 days and I was almost starting to feel like my normal self again. Then all of a sudden the next day, I was hit with bad cold symptoms (runny nose, slight burning sensation in my nose, coughing up yellow stuff, fatigue). that went on for several days before resolving. now I have the cold again and my sore throat randomly started hurting and itching today 😩. idk if it's normal for it to come and go like this

i don't get sick often- 2022 was the last time I got sick. my sibling was also ill recently from a cold (still is) and it's coming and going for them too. the cold weather makes it much worse for me at times

Bump is centered on both pictures

This morning I popped a cystic pimple (and I always do that) and it bled A LOT. I used sulfur soap to disinfect it and covered it with a hydrocolloid patch. Right after I popped the pimple I felt so dizzy and colours came in front of my eyes and my ears started ringing, I was going to faint. My cyst has turned into a blood pimple instead and is located above my smile line. I’m just worried it might turn into sepsis because the cyst is VERY inflamed now. We called the hospital and they said I’m fine and you can’t get sepsis from popping a zit even besides all my symptoms?! I have shivering, low temp, sore fingertips, numb tingling feet, I’m pale 🥲

About 2 weeks ago, I noticed I had some blood on my upper left teeth when I was brushing my teeth. Note, I neglect my teeth a lot recently and do not brush everyday. I would use listerine mouthwash as a substitute and remember doing that a while back though I know you are not suppose to do that.

Since there was some blood and pain on the left upper teeth area, I used listerine those days and didn't brush. Then a few days later, I been coughing a lot. It is happening at night a lot as this cough is very hard to stop. I don't believe it's a covid cough as I had covid cough years ago. The thing is, is it most likely a throat infection? For some reason, I feel a bit of it on the left side of my throat when I cough? I feel a bit of something in my ear as well. I heard if you have tooth infection, it can do that?

Is it most likely a tooth infection which is the cause of this? Now, should I go to the dentist for this or should I see a regular doctor first? What should I be taking for medication if anything? Is taking in manuka honey good? It's been going on like this for over a week or so, this cough. There is still some pain on the upper teeth like if I use my tongue to touch it. I been brushing my teeth normally though. But is this a throat infection and if so, which doctor should I go see first? If I go to dentist, do you think he will say okay first go to regular doctor for antibiotics first? Or I have to see the dentist first?

I 32F have been sick for about 3 weeks now, started with what I believe was RSV (I work in and out of public school). It was getting better but then I got stuffy and constantly blowing my nose, I am now into day 3 of coughing both dry and wet. Wet coughs produce this thick yellow mucus. I don't like running to clinics or emerg unless I absolutely have to, and due to meds I have to be careful on what OTC meds I can take.

Sorry I have no idea what flair to choose.

My HPV has been tested from cervix but knowing me I'm quite sure I have infected my mouth too.

I also had warts years ago. I have no diagnose about them and I have no idea do I still have that virus. Can I infect that by touching other people?

(M24)

I had a undescended testicle and had Orchiopexy surgery in late childhood around 5-8yo I’m now 24 and haven’t really thought about the surgery or noticed any effects from the surgery since but I have been reading and find out that I’m prone to testicular cancer, penile, and hormone issues (ED, Infertility, length & girth development issues, low T).

My penis Is a decent length, my testicles are not the biggest but not small (one is bigger than the the other) and I haven’t any erection issues but maybe it did have an effect on me like delaying puberty and I just haven’t been paying attention? (I’m 6’1-6’2, I know I’m underweight for my height/age and have a hard time gaining weight, my voice is kinda deep but I don’t really grow facial hair or body hair, I feel my hands are small for my age compared to my older brother.)

I ALWAYS wanted to have kids but now I’m reading that I may not be able to.. I really don’t know what to do if that’s the case…

The Questions I have if anyone can provide any type of insight please:

1. Is there any cases where a child had Orchiopexy surgery and still went on to grow into a healthy adult?

   1. What are the horror stories so I can notice before it’s too late?
   2. Is it considered a hormone sensitive condition? And should I stay away from supplements or medication that can interfere or influence hormones?
   3. Is it a possibility that I may be infertile?
   4. Is it a possibility that I may get testicular cancer?
   5. Could this play a role in delayed puberty?

2. I read that a undescended testicle can be a symptom of Klinefelter syndrome, is it a possibility that I may have it?

   1. When visiting Doctor, what test should I ask for to get checked for all possibilities?

Any advice, personal stories, or insight is helpful.. thank you